Raimon Duran-Struuck
Associate Professor, Pathobiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
Director of Regulatory Affairs and Co-Director Residency Program, University of Pennsylvania - Laboratory Animal Medicine
Publications
Education:
B.S. (Biochemistry)
Tufts University, 1998.
DVM (Veterinary Medicine)
Tufts University, 2002.
PhD (Immunology)
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 2011.
B.S. (Biochemistry)
Tufts University, 1998.
DVM (Veterinary Medicine)
Tufts University, 2002.
PhD (Immunology)
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 2011.
Post-Graduate Training
Intership in Surgery and Medicine, Florida Veterinary Specialists and Cancer Treatment Center, 2002-2003.
Residency in Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School , 2003-2006.
Fellowship in Comparative Medicine, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center- Bone Marrow Transplant Section, 2004-2007.
Transplantation Immunology Fellowship, Harvard Medical School - Transplantation Biology Reseach Center at the Massachusetts General Hospital, 2007-2010.
Permanent linkIntership in Surgery and Medicine, Florida Veterinary Specialists and Cancer Treatment Center, 2002-2003.
Residency in Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School , 2003-2006.
Fellowship in Comparative Medicine, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center- Bone Marrow Transplant Section, 2004-2007.
Transplantation Immunology Fellowship, Harvard Medical School - Transplantation Biology Reseach Center at the Massachusetts General Hospital, 2007-2010.
Description of Itmat Expertise
Graft-vs- Host DiseaseAllogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation
Transplantation Tolerance
Regulatory T cells
Description of Research Expertise
laboratory animal medicineSelected Publications
Duran-Struuck, R., Matar, A. J., Huang, C. A.: Myeloid Leukemias and Virally Induced Lymphomas in Miniature Inbred Swine: Development of a Large Animal Tumor Model. Front Genet 20(6): 332, Nov 2015Duran-Struuck, R.: Privileged to work with animals. Lab Anim (NY) 44(11): 453, Oct 2015.
Duran-Struuck, R., Huang, C. A., Orf, K., Bronson, R. T., Sachs, D. H., Spitzer, T. R.: Miniature Swine as a Clinically Relevant Model of Graft-Versus-Host Disease. Comp Med 65(5): 429-443, 2015.
Matar, A. J., Patil, A. R., Al-Musa, A., Hanekamp, I., Sachs, D. H., Huang, C. A., Duran-Struuck, R.: Effect of Irradiation on Incidence of Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder after Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Miniature Swine. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 21(10): 1732-1738, 2015.
Guallart, P. A., Zitsman, J., Sondermeijer, H., Woodland, D., Kato, Y., Weiner, J., Griesemer, A., Buehler, L., McMurchy, A., Levings, M., Sykes, M., Duran-Struuck, R.: Induction of Durable Mixed Hematopoietic Chimerism and Immune Tolerance in Monkeys. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 21(2): S46-S47, 2015.
Guallart, P. A., Zitsman, J., Sondermeijer, H., Buehler, L., Ovanez, C., McMurchy, A., Levings, M., Sykes, M., Duran-Struuck, R.: Phenotype, Function and Expansion of Regulatory T Cells in the Cynomolgus Macaque (Macaca fascicularis). Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 21(2): S280-S281, 2015.
Kato, Y., Griesemer, A., Duran-Struuck, R., Wu, A., Woodland, D., Weiner, J., Ohmura, Y., Martinez, M., Alonso, P., Baker, S., Karolewski, B., Lefkowitch, J., Kawai, T., Kato, T., Sykes, M.: The First Tolerance Induction Model for Combined Liver and Donor Bone Marrow Transplantation in Cynomolgus Monkey. Transplantation 98: 398-398, 2014.
Weiner, J., Duran-Struuck, R., Zitsman, J., Sykes, M., Griesemer, A.: Resting and Restimulation after Cryopreservation Restores Regulatory T Cell Phenotype and Function. Transplantation 98: 677-678, 2014.
Leonard, D. A., Kurtz, J. M., Mallard, C., Albritton, A., Duran-Struuck, R., Farkash, E. A., Crepeau, R., Matar, A., Horner, B. M., Randolph, M. A., Sachs, D. H., Huang, C. A., Cetrulo, C. L.: Vascularized composite allograft tolerance across MHC barriers in a large animal model. Am J Transplant 14(2): 343-355, 2014.
Duran-Struuck, R., Climov, M., Gusha, A., Harrington, E., Matar, A. J., Crepeau, R. L., Spitzer, T. R., Sachs, D. H., Huang, C. A.: Immune Modulation of Antibody Responses Induced Through Allogeneic Cell Transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 19(2): S286-S287, 2013.